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Writings of Resistance - De Saint-jean A, Angélique, and Conley, S.j., John J.
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An erudite abbess of Port-Royal, Ang???lique de Saint-Jean Arnauld d'Andilly (1624 - 1684) resisted the demands of church and state to condemn the Jansenist theological doctrines which the convent had long upheld. In her autobiographical Report on Captivity, Ang???lique de Saint-Jean recounts her personal methods of spiritual resistance as she and her fellow nuns underwent waves of persecution resulting in exile, house arrest, interdict, and excommunication. Her voluminous theological writings present the theoretical basis ...

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Writings of Resistance 2015, Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies,US, Arizona

ISBN-13: 9780866985390

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